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History nCircle Network Security is an IT security and Compliance company that was founded and incorporated in 1999, by John Flowers. nCircle’s predecessor was Hiverworld, a for-hire penetration testing organization. Hiverworld was originally based in an office on University Avenue in Berkeley California. In Spring of 2001, after a move to Emeryville, California the company name was changed to nCircle Network Security. nCircle’s headquarters are now based in San Francisco, California. In 2002 Abe Kleinfeld took over as CEO of nCircle, and in 2001 Tim Keanini came on board as Chief Technology Officer. nCircle now has offices in multiple cities across the United States and internationally. In early 2004, nCircle expanded its operations with an office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Toronto office is the primary centre for nCircle’s Vulnerability and Exposure Research Team (VERT), which functions as nCircle’s Security R&D division. VERT is comprised of security research specialists and is led by Sheldon Malm. nCircle acquired Cambia Security in May 2007 adding a configuration compliance product to its line as well as gaining a team of security professionals lead by David Meltzer, based in Alpharetta, Georgia. Products nCircle Certified PCI Scan Service: A fully automated, PCI authorized scanning service. Purpose is to assist merchants in achieving compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard. nCircle IP360: An agentless security risk and compliance management solution whose purpose is to deliver a comprehensive view of network risk. nCircle IP360 provides customized reporting, vulnerability prioritization, and remediation workflow designed to enable effective risk reduction. nCircle Configuration Compliance Manager: An agentless configuration auditing solution that provides visibility into the compliance of system configurations by discovering all networked devices, collecting configuration information about each device, comparing the configurations with established benchmarks and baselines, and providing customizable reporting for monitoring and regulatory purposes. Financial Data Media references Practical eCommerce: http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/816-PCI-Report-Card-Merchant-X-A-Photography-Accessory-Retailer- Gartner: http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/rapid/156038.html Clean Computer Help: http://www.cleancomputerhelp.com/ncircle-delivers-pci-partner-program-to-the-uk-market Information Security Product Guide: http://www.infosecurityproductsguide.com/hot2006/nCircleNetworkSecurity.html Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS194419+08-Apr-2008+PRN20080408 Inc.com: http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2007/company-profile.html?id=200722490 nCircle employees quoted on security: ZDnet: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1941 Macworld: http://www.macworld.com/article/135689/2008/09/apple_patching.html Computerworld: </br> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?commandviewArticleBasic&taxonomyId17&articleId9037766&intsrchm_topic InfoWorld: </br> http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/17/eBay-says-Skype-was-not-attacked_1.html CNBC: </br> http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video437444393&play1 Associations nCircle is a member of the Information Technology Association of America.</br> 
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